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Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts : legends and lore in Texas / edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt

Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966- [Hrsg.] ; Young, Jerry

Project Muse

First edition

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2013]

Online Ressource (ix, 306 pages) : illustrations.

Englisch

On the job: legends and language in occupational lore. Recalling a Texas legend: Samuel Thomas 'Booger Red' Privett / Jerry YoungThe legacy of Bill Pickett, the Dusky Demon / Courtney Elliott -- Day work cowboys in the Depression era / Len Ainsworth -- Red Overton, Somervell County cedar chopper / Robert J. (Jack) Duncan -- Folklore of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin: myths, truths, and half-truths / Chuck Parsons -- Houston cop talk / Scott Hill Bumgardner -- Jury selection the old-fashioned way / Jerry B. Lincecum -- A sampling of Texas cultures: from bikers to Knanaya Catholics to Tejana culture: The Texas biker sub-culture and the ride of my life / Veronica Pozo -- Texas Knanaya Catholics and their wedding customs / Jenson Erapuram -- Hemphill: revisiting small-town Texas / Sue M. Friday -- Musica Tejana recording pioneers / Alex LaRotta -- "But, Miss, my family doesn't have a saga!" / Lucy Fischer-West -- Urban legends, ghost stories and towns, and searching for lost treasure. Living an urban legend: Galveston ball in the early 1970s / Gretchen Kay Lutz -- The truth versus the legend of the Interstate 45 Serial Killer / Marissa Gardner -- Ghost towns of the Big Thicket / Francis Edward Abernethy -- The ghost lights of Marfa / Stephanie Mateum -- Beyond Texas folklore: the Woman in Blue / Jennifer Curtis -- "There's gold in them there hills; or, silver at least" / Lee Haile -- Ben Sublett's gold / Winston Sosebee -- "Just for fun" lore. "Here kitty, kitty, kitty: fishing with Bubba / L. Patrick Hughes -- Texas Country churches / Pat Parsons -- Texas weddings: rattles on the garter and 'barb' wire in the flowers / Mildred B. Sentell -- Sally and Chance: an unusual love story / Sheila Morris -- They're still singin' and sayin' on the range: cowboy culture enters the 21st century / Charles Williams -- Contributors' vitas -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record

Erscheint auch als: Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts. - Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2013] (Druck-Ausgabe)

1-57441-532-8 ; 978-1-57441-532-2 ; 978-1-57441-544-5 ( : electronic bk.); 1-57441-544-1 (electronic bk.)

978-1-57441-532-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 875446937 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

GR110.T5

398.209764     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC011000 ; bisacsh: SOC 011000

LOC-SH: Legends -- Mexican-American Border Region ; Legends -- Texas ; Texas -- Social life and customs ; Texas -- Anecdotes -- History ; Texas -- Biography -- Anecdotes -- North America -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Texas ; Legends -- Texas ; Texas -- Biography -- Anecdotes ; Texas -- Social life and customs ; Texas -- History -- Anecdotes ; Legends -- Mexican-American Border Region

Electronic books / Anecdotes / Biography / Anecdotes / History ; North America ; Mexican-American Border Region ; Texas ; Manners and customs ; Biographies ; Anecdotes ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology ; Legends

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has something for everyone: articles on cowboys, a famous outlaw, how to discover your family culture, weddings, and how to fish